The early hours of the 146th British Open on Saturday featured both, plus the most entertaining run of major-championship golf since Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson engaged in a rollicking birdie battle 12 months ago at Troon.

Without realizing that he was on the verge of history, Grace set the major-championship scoring record with a 62 in the third round of the British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. The course, softened by rain the previous day, was set up at 7,027 yards from a scorecard length of 7,156 and played to a par 34-36–70. It played to a 69.0 scoring average, with 43 of the 77 competitors under par.

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Number of strokes by which LPGA rookie Nelly Korda leads entering today’s final round of the Marathon Classic. Korda, the younger sister of Jessica Korda, shot 5-under 66 on Saturday at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio, for a 15-under 198 total. In-Kyung Kim shot 68 for a 13-under 200 total. Gerina Piller (70), who led after the first two rounds, shares third place with Lexi Thompson (69) and four others at 12-under 201.